Two female students accused Sulaimon, who was dismissed from the Blue Devils program in January, of sexual assault during the 2013-14 school year. Neither student, however, filed a complaint through the Office of Student Conduct or took them up with the Durham, N.C., police department.

From the Duke Chronicle report:

In October 2013, a female student said in a large group session at the student-led diversity retreat Common Ground that Sulaimon had sexually assaulted her, three retreat participants said. At the following semester’s Common Ground retreat beginning in February 2014, a second female student said she had been sexually assaulted by Sulaimon, according to four retreat participants.

An anonymous former affiliate of the Duke program whom the Duke Chronicle did not identify said athletic department administrators were aware of the allegations:

The anonymous affiliate said other athletic administrators were then made aware of the allegations. Among the administrators identified by the anonymous affiliate were Mike Cragg, deputy director of athletics and operations; Director of Basketball Operations David Bradley; and Kevin White, vice president and director of athletics. The allegations were also brought to the attention of Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president of student affairs and dean of students, according to the anonymous affiliate.What do you think?

For all the horror stories about big colleges recruiting top prospects younger and younger every year, there are just as many tales from the other end of the spectrum. Feel-good situations that don’t get nearly the same coverage as, say, LeBron James’ son being recruited at 10.

“You are relentless and we feel very honored that you’re a part of our program here at Texas A&M,” Childress said.

Added A&M pitcher A.J. Minter: “He has a great story, I mean he’s just overcome a lot of challenges in his life and we’re just happy to have him.”

]]>http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/02/texas-am-baseball-team-honors-13-year-old-cancer-patient/feed/0Dash players called up to Canadian women’s national teamhttp://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/02/dash-players-called-up-to-canadian-womens-national-team/
http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/02/dash-players-called-up-to-canadian-womens-national-team/#commentsTue, 24 Feb 2015 17:25:32 +0000http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/?p=48771Houston Dash goalkeeper Erin McLeod and defender Allysha Chapman have been called into the Canada Women’s National Team for the 2015 Cyprus Cup.

Canada, three time winners of the tournament, announced a 24-player roster for the trip. Canada is in Group A and will face Scotland (March 4), Korea Republic (March 6) and Italy (March 9), with placement matches occurring March 11. Norway and Switzerland will take part in the 2015 Women’s World Cup this summer in Canada along with the United States. Matches against Norway and Switzerland as well as the placement game will be shown live on Fox Sports 1.

McLeod, 31, has earned 100 caps for Canada at the senior level. The St. Albert, Alberta, native is just the 12th player to reach the century mark for Canada, doing so with a shutout win against Sweden on Nov. 24, 2014. McLeod, team captain for the Dash, was named Team MVP and Players’ Player of the Year after making 83 saves in 20 appearances (19 starts) during the 2014 season.

Chapman, 26, has made six appearances for Canada. The defender made her international debut against Japan on Oct. 25, 2014, and played in three matches as Canada won the Four Nations Cup in China this January. Chapman recorded her first international assist in the opening match against the Korea Republic, a 2-1 win. The Oshawa, Ontario native was allocated to the Dash on Jan. 14.

The Dash begin preparations for the 2015 season with their annual Dash Day celebration March 8 and preseason camp kicking off March 9. The regular season begins on April 10 at BBVA Compass Stadium against the Washington Spirit.

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Star running back Soso Jamabo of Plano West High School, a four-star recruit ranked 28th overall by ESPN, chose UCLA over Texas on Wednesday morning, explaining his National Signing Day decision with an interesting tweet.

Jamabo, rated as the state’s No. 4 prospect and the fourth-best runinng back in the country by ESPN, was referencing the lyics to Childish Gambino’s “You See Me” in explaining his decision to leave the state for California. He previously took to social media to joke about his final two choices being between online online institutions ITT Tech and the University of Phoenix.

National Signing Day 2015

While the Longhorns and Aggies haven’t battled on the gridiron in three-plus years, they do compete for the same recruits. And according to the major recruiting services and websites, Texas coach Charlie Strong is winning this battle with his A&M counterpart, Kevin Sumlin. Read more

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